Forest soils can suffer from various threats, some of which are human induced. Although
mechanized harvesting allows for high productivity, it may also seriously damage forest …

This study was conducted in a humid tropical forest located in Brazil within the Amazon
Basin on a heavy clay Ferralsol 24 and 30 years after logging to evaluate the recovery …

Traditional approaches aiming at protecting surface waters from the negative impacts of
forestry often focus on retaining fixed width buffer zones around waterways. While this …

Water quality best management practices (BMPs) developed for conventional forest harvests
may be adequate for biomass harvests, yet quantitative data is lacking. This study compared …

Soil productivity is essential to the sustained production of forest ecosystem goods and
services. Timber harvests may lead to negative ecological impacts to the soil environment …

This study aims to determine the impact of forest harvesting machinery on the temporarily
moist soil of spruce forests (Picea abies Karst.) during the summer. For research purposes …

Sažetak Forest biomass from timber harvesting residues is often used during mechanized
forest operations to improve trafficability of strip roads (machine operating trails). In …

Poplar plantations have been widely practiced in the coastal area of the Caspian Sea in
northern Iran. In this research, soil compaction following logging operations carried out by …

We quantified the effectiveness of different soil protective mat compositions (brush, sawdust,
combination of brush and sawdust) and densities (light density of 10 kg m− 2 and heavy …

Sažetak In this work, physical and chemical properties of the upper horizons of podzolic light
loamy soil were investigated 21–23 years after forest cutting. This was after the first shift of …